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    "Each date is the one in force in the Official Journal on the verified date. history lists every earlier date and the act that set it.",
    "quote is copied word for word from the act at url, and sha256 identifies the exact file that was read.",
    "This is information, not legal advice. Check national transposition for directives."
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